Christmas is coming: Vocal score

ISBN 10: 0193407701 ISBN 13: 9780193407701

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2015

Synopsis

for SATB and piano 4-hands or orchestra
This jovial and spirited carol is sure to bring a smile to many faces at Christmas-time. The traditional text is augmented with additional lyrics by David Warner, and Wilberg puts the melody through a wealth of festive musical treatments. Voices range from unison up to six parts, with some verses in canon, and the music goes through five different keys, keeping everyone on their toes! The piano-duet part not only accompanies the choir but adds several layers of interest and colour, with a bass drone, glittering flourishes in the upper register, and passages evoking sleigh bells. Perfect for use as a closing piece or encore in a Christmas concert.

About this title

Review:

The music is easy and great fun, and the quickfire countermelodies to the catchy nursery-rhyme tune will sound impressive if you can get your students to widen their eyes enough to sing it. (Thomas Lydon, Music Teahcer, September 2015)

About the Author:

Mack Wilberg was appointed Music Director of The Tabernacle Choir in 2008, having served as Associate Music Director since 1999. He is a former professor of music at Brigham Young University, where he received his bachelor's degree; his master's and doctoral degrees are from the University of Southern California. Alongside Wilberg's conducting responsibilities he is active as a pianist, choral clinician, composer, arranger, and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to the many compositions he has written for The Tabernacle Choir, his works have been performed by artists such as Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, Rolando Villazón, Deborah Voigt, and The King's Singers. Wilberg's arrangements and compositions are performed and recorded all over the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0193407701
• ISBN 13: 9780193407701
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 20